Self-configuring media devices and methods
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorChristopher D. McKillop
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Abstract
Systems and methods for self-configuring portable electronic devices are provided. In one embodiment, the portable device includes carrier circuitry that receives compressed data streams of information and application circuitry that decompresses the received data stream in accordance with a specific CODEC. The device includes the capability for the carrier circuitry to provide the specific CODEC required to decompress the data stream to the application circuitry. The transfer of the specific CODEC can be done as a default action or it can be done based on a queue received from the application circuitry.
Claims26
A method for self-configuring a portable electronic device, the method comprising:
- operating the device to receive a plurality of compressed data streams, at least one of which is compressed in accordance with a selected CODEC that is not resident in the device;
- receiving the selected CODEC wirelessly;
- loading the received CODEC into memory;
- and
- decompressing the received data stream based on the CODEC loaded into memory.
A method for self-configuring a cellular telephone to communicate wirelessly with another device comprising:
- causing carrier circuitry to receive a portion of at least one compressed data stream which was compressed using a CODEC absent from the telephone;
- extracting the CODEC from the portion of at least one compressed data stream;
- loading the extracted CODEC into memory in the telephone;
- and
- decompressing the at least one compressed data stream using the extracted CODEC.
A method for self-configuring a stereo system having at least a receiver and speakers, comprising:
- causing the receiver to send a CODEC to the speakers wirelessly;
- loading the CODEC into memory in the speakers;
- causing the receiver to send a data stream that has been compressed using the CODEC to the speakers wirelessly;
- and
- decompressing the data stream in accordance with the CODEC.
A self-configuring portable electronic device comprising:
- a carrier portion operable to receive data streams that have been compressed using one or more CODECs;
- an application portion that decompresses a data stream received from the carrier portion in accordance with a specific CODEC, the carrier portion and the application portion being in communication with each other such that the carrier portion is capable of sending the specific CODEC to the application portion if the CODEC is not resident in the application portion.
A multimedia system comprising:
- a receiver that is capable of transmitting one or more compressed data streams of information wirelessly, each data stream being compressed in accordance with a specific CODEC;
- and
- speakers comprising:
- (1) circuitry operable to receive information from the receiver wirelessly, (2) memory to store at least one CODEC;
- and (3) circuitry that decompresses information received from the receiver in accordance with the specific CODEC if that CODEC is resident, and circuitry that receives the specific CODEC from the receiver it the specific CODEC was not resident.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.